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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Assh (Ash) of Devon. Assh (Ash) John King and his lords of the present parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4473
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This record is about the John Assh (Ash) of Devon. Assh (Ash) John King and his lords of the present parliament.... dating from [1399-1413] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/90/4473
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399-1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Assh (Ash) of Devon.
- Name(s)
- Assh (Ash), John
- Addressees
- King and his lords of the present parliament.
- Nature of request
- Assh requests that he be pardoned the remainder of the sum that he owes to the king and which are on demand in the Exchequer, as he mainprised Ponton who was charged with the sum in discharge of Bosoun for woollen cloth taken at Exeter, for which Ponton was subsequently outlawed, and because of this outlawry he is unable to have anything from Ponton, who is now dead, in satisfaction.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- John Ponton
- Richard Bosoun, late mayor of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition seems to date to the reign of Henry IV as the petition regularly refers to events during Richard II's reign.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 300
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149018/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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